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If you haven’t read Stranger’s Gift Part 1, click here. 20 minutes up, the trail entered a cave. Cass pulled out her phone to use the flashlight app. Brilliant girl, she smiled. Wait, what? She hadn’t flipped the switch on the charger. Seriously? Why would you put a switch on a charger? Who designed this

“This is why I didn’t tell you—I knew you’d worry.” “I’ll be fine! I’m just going for the weekend, and I’ll be catching up with Kima’s group. They go all the time.” “Omigosh, I’ve got to go or I’ll never get packed. I’ll be fine. Love you, bye!” Cass hung up, and the phone rang

Coasting the Van Gogh hills of southern Iowa, I could have been Rip Van Winkle in the blink of an eye. I had chosen to drive home at night from Des Moines to Tulsa. I ended one class Wednesday afternoon and planned to teach another on Thursday morning. There are no direct flights—everything goes through